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As Certain As Sunrise

by Sid Griffin

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She’s slowly thinking he’s turning away He’s never sure of the right thing to say Each of them lonely in their own way. Her family, her friends, her house, the end His dreams, their youth, his loss, the proof Dancing round the last Kentucky waltz. Each of them holding a ticket they found Train leaves the station with no one around Time slows between them, a watch running down. He keeps reflecting on carousel days She keeps her hope for a baby and prays A family dance the last Kentucky waltz. Round and round and round and round Down and down and down and down Dancing round this last Kentucky waltz. He thought she knew she was the one She prayed God would give them a son Before they walk, they tried to run. Dancing around the tables and chairs The lights start to dim, they headed upstairs A family dance the last Kentucky waltz A family dance the last Kentucky waltz A family dance the last Kentucky waltz
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Everybody knows that you’ve been untrue You’ve gone and broke my heart and made me blue You turned my head around Then you tore me down. If I had a choice Id not be sad ‘Cause when I hear your voice it makes me glad But baby’s not around Look she’s leaving town. Baby, baby, don’t run away I want you to stay I’m sorry, so sorry I’ve made you blue You should be sorry too You should be sorry too. Now I’m so alone, you’re far away I sit here at home, no words to say To anyone around ‘Cause you tore me down You tore me down You tore me down
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High on a mountain the still in the air and the blue Cloud cotton white as it brightens the night of the view It comes to me just as natural as the view Swift and sure as the silence made by two I'd be lost in this world, lost in this world without you Boats to build and the clay in the kiln make it true A fisherman's son stops the work he's begun on the new He looks to the sea where this life might pass him through And savours his dream where around the world he flew I'd be lost as that child, lost in this world without you I'd be lost as that child, lost in this world without you Down on the ground there's a crowd of people laughing And a man on the edge who stands on this ledge they've been passing Standing alone as he lived in his life so true He's a-living his life like a capsule like solitude I'd be lost as that man, lost in this world without you I'd be lost in this world, lost in this world without you Across the square there's a choir rehearsal parting Back off the street there's a couple slowly partying Like that choir I could sing out too Like the couple I would live for you Every soul needs a task which they can do Every soul feels the need to be half of two I'd be lost as that soul, lost as that soul without you Lost in this world without you Lost in this world without you Lost in this world,lost in this world without you I'd be lost in this world, lost in this world without you
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Alibi Bye 04:12
Alibi bye – we’re two of a kind That’s why, I’m gonna leave you far behind Alibi bye – we’re two of a kind That’s why, I’m gonna leave you far behind You’re as impossible as patience As fifty-fifty conversation I said I needed a shoulder to cry on I looked to yours – they were already cried on Alibi bye – we’re two of a kind That’s why, I’m gonna leave you far behind Alibi bye – it’s not my time I’m gonna leave you far behind Take a drive across the nation In search of brief infatuations With no added complications No big ideas above my station You left wondering how I could fail to see Now you can wonder all about me Alibi bye – we’re two of a kind That’s why, I’m gonna leave you far behind Alibi bye – we’re out of time And I’m gonna try to love you out of my mind Out of my mind
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Evidence 04:13
Photographs of tawdry seasides Epitaphs of morning’s b-side All my time with you All my time with you A china cup which cracked a sliver A view of two across the river Is what remains of you Is evidence it’s true A paper bell with a clapped out clacker A tangerine by a stale salt cracker Where on earth are you? Where on earth are you? Evidence it’s true Of how I once loved you Evidence it’s true Of how I once loved you Time takes its time Then it tears us in two A wave goodbye on a sunlit day Clouds rolled by but they didn’t stay And I remembered you And all my time with you A soft-lit dance ‘cross a ballroom floor A quiet kiss in a disco’s door Is what remains of you Evidence it’s true Evidence it’s true Of how I once loved you Evidence it’s true Of how I once loved you Time takes its time Then it tears us in two The smell of sea air on a lonely evening You cried the time that I was leaving A world away from you A world away from you A motor started and I heard you running What was the song that you were humming? Evidence it’s true Is what remains of you Time takes its time Then it tears us in two
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You've been looking for that pot of gold Searching eveywhere so I'm told You stumble round 'til you think you've found Sand and ashes from the ground Wipe that tear out from your eye And raise your face up to the sky For every game where a loser cries He weeps 'neath heaven where bluebirds fly No angel points the way to the sun No shadows beckoning you to come What yellow brick lines which plimsouled lane What once seemed fresh and young now seems so tame Wipe that tear out from your eye And raise your face up to the sky For every dream where a loser sighs He weeps 'neath heaven where bluebirds fly The fireplace now has got a steady glow With one last breath before it goes You say you're losing the will to live Please remember what you have to give You'll get no promise I guarantee But there'll be laughter on a soft breeze There'll soon be laughter on a soft breeze So wipe that tear out from your eye And raise your face up to the sky For every dream where a loser cries He weeps 'neath heaven where bluebirds fly He weeps 'neath heaven where bluebirds fly He weeps 'neath heaven where bluebirds fly
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Just let her go, just let her go It ain’t worth the pain, if you let her go It’s not her fault all of the guys turn around And build their dreams up to the sky And see ‘em coming down Just let her go, just let her go It ain’t worth the pain…oh…if you let her go And you will find that today the world is yours You’ll be alright, it’ll work out fine If you let her go It’s not her fault all of the guys turn around And build their dreams up to the sky and them tumbling down Just let her go Just let her go It ain’t worth the pain if you let her go And you will find that today the world is yours You’ll be alright, it’ll work out fine If you let her go Just let her go (just let her go) Just let her go (just let her go) It ain’t worth the pain, if you let her go And you will find that today the world is yours You’ll be alright, it’ll work out fine if you let her go You’ll be alright, it’ll work out fine if you let her go Yeah, you’ll be alright, it’ll work out fine if you let her go Just let her go Just let her go Just let her go Just let her go Just let her go Just let her…
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Coulda been a lawyer coulda been a king Coulda been a doctor or any damn thing Instead I'm the bearer of bad news I'm wearing out my welcome with the blues Coulda been your lover, coulda been your dad Coulda been the best thing that you ever had But now I'm so lonely it's not true I'm wearing out my welcome with the blues When Mr Blues sees me coming He runs away to distant sunny shores When Mr Blues knows I'm bummin' He knows there'll be some bad times in store Been to Yokohama fightin'in the war Fought every kind of battles for hearts and minds and more And now I'm a-reckonin' we're through And I'm wearing out welcome with the blues When Mr Blues sees me coming He'll likely hide behind the general store When Mr Blues knows I'm bummin' He's pulled the shades before I reach his door Been in love and lucky Been in jail it's true I've been from old Kentucky And I'd miss it more than you And now I'm a reckonin' we're through And I'm wearing out my welcome And now I'm just drinking here till two And I'm wearing out my welcome with the blues
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I am a dark, faithless disciple On a pale horse I do ride Straight for a town where there's no arrival Just a storm cloud in the sky Just a storm cloud in the sky I am the resurrected cowboy I don't miss you anymore I left my grave to come and see you With a broken heart still poor There was a day Much as a danger When I preached Of valentines But now I reach As if a stranger Let my pale horse be a sign I am the sheath around a dagger With the scent of cheapest wine Like the blade you'll see me flashing When the evening says it's time I am a dark, faithless disciple On a pale horse I do ride Straight for a town where there's no arrival Just a storm cloud in the sky Just a storm cloud in the sky
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I come and stand at every door But no one hears my silent prayer I knock and yet remain unseen For I am dead, for I am dead I’m only seven although I died In Hiroshima long ago I’m seven now as I was then When children die they do not grow My hair was scorched by swirling flame My eyes grew dim my eyes grew blind Death came and turned my bones to dust And that was scattered by the wind I need no fruit, I need no rice I need no sweet, nor even bread I ask for nothing for myself For I am dead for I am dead All that I ask is that for peace You fight today, you fight today So that the children of this world May live and grow and laugh and play
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Vox amp to the left of me The bass was just a toy The drums were bits nobody’d want And I was just a boy The first time we played a show It rained upon our stage But we were young and we were loud Banging ‘gainst the bars of our cage One mike we had was from a church The other one was cracked A bass amp borrowed from our school Though we never gave it back Whenever we played Elvis It would sound like the New York Dolls And I’m still gigging like some fool I hear you heard God’s call A road diverged in deep dark woods Two paths on display I chose west to leave the nest But you chose here to stay Our wheels of life are spun by fate Who hear you don’t play anymore Tell me you still sing Tell me you still sing Tell me of your choice Speak of your life’s highway Tell me in your voice Does God have any good tunes Is Heaven sweet like Spring I know you don’t play anymore Tell me you still sing We play in Cincinnati soon The band says I must go Tell your old man I said “hi” I hear he’s moving slow Remember when he told us The guitar was the devil’s thing I know you don’t play anymore Tell me, so tell me I know you don’t play no more Tell me you still sing Please tell me do you still sing
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There’s Heaven, there’s sky There’s where, there’s why There’s you, there’s I There’s Russia, there’s Spain There’s snow, there’s rain There’s humour, there’s pain There is pain With each and every step you take With each and every step you make Your daddy will be making them with you Even when your daddy’s not in view There’s below, there’s above There’s hand, there’s glove There’s laughter, there’s love There is love There is love With each and every step you take With each and every step you make Your daddy will be making them with you Even when your daddy’s not in view When I (when I)leave this earth I’ll leave (I’ll leave) some worth Blonde, eyes blue It’ll be you Yeah, it’ll be you
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Sid Griffin’s long awaited second solo album, his first in eight years, provides a glimpse into his private life and thoughts.

Originally released Sept 25, 2005 this is melodic acoustic alt-country at its finest although one track, Just Let Her Go, is a Western Electric reunion and not only features the powerful drums of Dave “the Cockney Cowboy” Morgan and the sharp string work of Neil Bob Herd but is an unreleased song from the late Doug Sahm (Sir Douglas Quintet, Texas Tornadoes) which also features ex-Small Face Ian MacLagan on keyboards.

Recorded in Sid’s living room and in Louisville, Kentucky no other Sid music explains him better. Fact: this album has given Sid Griffin THE BEST REVIEWS IN HIS CAREER by far!

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released July 2, 2020

As Certain As Sunrise - Sid Griffin

Produced & engineered by Kevin Stokes
Mixed by Kevin Stokes & Sid Griffin
Recorded at Spot Watkins Sound Recorders, London

Sid Griffin: lead vocals, guitars, autoharp, harmonica, mandolin
Kevin Stokes: mandolin, percussion
Wes McGhee: guitar, piano
Ian “Mac” McLagan: organ on Just Let Her Go
Dave Morgan: drums on Just Let Her Go
Neil Bob Herd: six string bass, guitar on Just Let Her Go
Rob Childs: pedal steel guitar
Masayuki “Roger” Ishikawa: co-lead vocal on I Come And Stand At Every Door
Casper Cronk: musical saw
Kate St. John: woodwinds, accordion
Andy Steele: backing vocals
Pat McGarvey: bass, banjo, backing vocals

No varmits or critters were harmed in the making of this album.

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Sid Griffin London, UK

Yep, I'm the guy from the Americana founders the Long Ryders in 1980s L.A. & the guy in the first ever alt-bluegrass act, the Coal Porters, recently out of London. You bet make solo albums & perform singer-songwriter gigs, I’ve toured solo from London to Los Angeles to Sydney to Hong Kong to Helsinki too. Million Dollar Bash is my well-received book on The Basement Tapes and I've never met Dylan. ... more

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